)нужен пересказ книги "brat farrar" автор josephine tey

The story centres around the Ashbys, an English country-squire family. Their centuries-old family estate is Latchetts, in the fictional village of Clare near the south coast of England. It takes place in the 1940s, after World War II. The Ashby family consists of Beatrice Ashby ("Aunt Bee"), a 50-ish spinster, and the four children of her late brother Bill: Simon, 20; Eleanor, 18–19; and twins Jane and Ruth, 9. Bill and his wife Nora died eight years before. Since then, the Ashbys have been short of money. Bee has kept the estate going by turning the family stable into a profitable business. The Ashbys breed and sell horses, train horses, and give riding lessons. When Simon turns twenty-one, things will change on his inheritance of a large trust fund left by his mother. He is also the heir to Latchetts. Simon had an older twin brother, Patrick. Soon after Bill and Nora died, Patrick disappeared, leaving what was taken as a suicide note. The title character, Brat Farrar, is a young man recently returned to England from America. He was a foundling. At the age of 13, the orphanage placed him in an office job, but he ran away instead. He ended up in the western US, where he worked at ranches and stables for several years, and became an expert horseman until a fall injured his leg and he was left with a limp. On a street in London, a complete stranger greets Brat as "Simon". He is Alec Loding, a second-rate actor. He knows the Ashby family intimately and sees a way to help his own fortunes. Alec's idea is that Brat should impersonate the missing twin, Patrick, and as the elder brother, claim the trust and the estate. Alec remembers a great deal about the Ashbys, Latchetts, and the village, and this will allow him to coach Brat on all the background details. In return Brat will give him a share of the money. Brat is reluctant, but eventually agrees, especially when he hears about the horses. After two weeks of tutoring, Brat appears at the office of the Ashby family solicitor (lawyer), saying he adopted the name "Brat Farrar" after running away. He gives his own story as the account of Patrick's missing years. Mr. Sandal informs Bee, who meets Brat and is also convinced. Over the next two weeks, Sandal verifies Brat's story. The family receives "Patrick" at Latchetts. His presence leads to the discovery of Patrick's actual fate, murdered by Simon. The final confrontation leaves Simon dead and Brat in hospital. There Bee's Uncle Charles identifies Brat as an illegitimate son of Bee's wastrel cousin Walter.

Pelmeni (Meat dumplings)

Ingredients:

3,5 glasses of flour;

5 eggs;

2 teaspoons of salt;

pepper;

1 kg of meat;

500g of onions.

Instructions:

3 glasses of flour sift into the bowl.

Blend the eggs with salt in another bowl.

Pour the eggs into the bowl with the flour and add some water.

Mix the mass until the dough is homogeneous.

Let the dough stand still for 20 minutes.

Place the dough on the table, add some more flour if necessary and knead it for 10 minutes.

Put the dough into the plastic bag and place it into the fridge.

Take the minced meat and add chopped onions, salt and pepper to prepare the stuffing for pelmeni.

Dust the table with flower. Make the roll from the dough and cut it into small pieces. Then make the dough pieces flat and thin.

Place some minced meat into the center of a piece of dough piece and pinch edges with the help of the fork or with your fingertips. Repeat this step for the rest of the dough and minced meat.

Boil the water and put pelmeni into it. Add some salt and a bay leaf.

Serve hot with sour cream or butter.

1. I work at school. I am a teacher.
2. I am looking for Christine. Do you know where she is?
3. It is getting dark. Shall I turn on the light?
4. Iget up at 7 a.m. as my lessons start at 8.15.
5. It is raining now. Take an umbrella!

Task 2
Beautiful – Handsome
Gift – Present
Big – Large
Father – Daddy
Little – Small
A lot of – Many

Task 3
Guess the scramble words from given themes. 1. Environment – loptiluno – POLLUTION
2. nature – trosfe – FOREST
3. animals – lneeptha – ELEPHANT
4. arts – SCULPTURE
5. house – cetarp – CARPET
6. school – nscooicem – ECONOMICS
7. weather – liah – HAIL
8. family – agrnyn – GRANNY
9. professions – nfmraei – FIREMAN
10. health - tuenog – TONGUE

Task 4

1. liquid – solid
2. bright – dim
3. further –nearer
4. get on – get off

II. Grammar Zone
Task 1.
1. What doesn't Tom like ?
2. Where has he lived for five years?
3. Where must Mike go?
4. Why did she stay in bed for several days?
5. When did he come there ?

Task 2
1. goose –geese
2. tooth – teeth
3. phenomenon – phenomena
4. tobacco – tobaccos
5. hope – hopes
6. glass – glasses
7. potato – potatoes
8. film – films
9. exam – exams
10. language – languages

Task 3
1. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. (v)
2. The water boils. (is boiling) Can you turn it off?
3. Look! That man tries (is trying) to open the door of your car.
4. Can you hear those people? What do they talk (are they talking) about?
5. The moon goes round the earth. (v)

III. Listening
1. Henry is very concerned about his health. – TRUE
2. His breakfast is always delicious. – FALSE
3. He doesn't go jogging if the weather is bad. – FALSE
4. He always gets to his office on foot. – TRUE
5. He has lunch at his office. – TRUE
6. He never eats onions and garlic. - FALSE

7. TV can damage his eyesight
8. On Monday he goes to a deep breathing class.
9. On Thursday he goes to a vegetarian cookery class.
10. In summer Henry sleeps in a tent in the garden